Yesterday afternoon, I went upstairs to put the boys down for naps. As I usually do, I stood at the window and began counting off the goats. But Christmas was with Velma’s kid. Odd. No, Velma had her kid with her.
“Christmas is kidding!” Naps were forgotten. The whole family, excluding Walter who was already asleep, went running out. We still had our Sunday clothes on.
She had a buckling, a black one, of course. That was disappointing. We now have six bucklings from Merry. I looked thoughtfully up the field as I pondered whether we would get any more doelings.
“Doris is kidding!” The buckling was forgotten, poor little guy. We all went rushing up to check on Doris. Anne was especially excited because Doris is her goat.
There were sighs and groans of disappointment as the children got close. “It’s black,” they said. “Another boy.”
“Color doesn’t decide. This one is a doeling!” I told them.
There was much jumping and dancing and shouting for joy. Doris admirably kept licking her wet kid, ignoring us all. That brings the total to two doelings and six bucklings. Merry will likely be taking a trip to market.
We are still waiting on Opal, Ruby, and Ingrid yet. We’re hoping for a couple more doelings. Alice and Agnes are due after the first of the year.
Anne hasn’t named her doeling yet, but we’re very pleased with how she looks. She has pretty gray and white moon spots, so she’s not all black. And she has long ears like Lambert. Anne is thrilled.
Christmas is incredibly flighty. She wants to take care of her little one, but she also keeps getting spooked by him. It’s funny to watch. She acts bewildered that she has a kid.
Juan David 